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This article talks about how technology is changing the way we listen to radio. Also, how podcasting is changing over time and its impact on radio. With the ability to pause, rewind, and re listen to radio and podcasts, people are no longer sharing the experience of listening to radio live and together (co-presence). Also, how radio blindness is being lifted with the ability to watch videos on mobile devices etc.

This article found in the Globe and Mail discusses internet content piracy in both Canada and the US. It also discusses the actions being taken to help stop this issue.The consequences in the US are mostly court based whereas in Canada they are technology based and social change based. To find these intellectual property thieves, companies are using anti- piracy firms to track down people who illegally downloading off the internet. These initiatives are part of a larger plan to change the Canadian mindset about downloading illegally, if people understand consequences can occur at random they will be more hesitant to commit online theft.

Online and encyclopedic resources will have the most bearing in our common understanding of the past, or how history is written in the present

Online and encyclopedic resources will have the most bearing in our common understanding of the past, or how history is written in the present.